Dictionary Of Word Origins by John Ayto
Dictionary Of Word Origins

John Ayto

Dictionary Of Word Origins

John Ayto

591 pages first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative lighthearted medium-paced
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The average English speaker knows 50,000 words in contemporary use - 25 more words than there are stars in the night sky visible to the naked eye. Yet stripped down to its origins, this apparently huge vocabulary is in reality a much smaller numbe...

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